The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-09
FARMERS CORNER.
Tbs Trss-Plinting Esaon-Culturs Of Water
Cress-Pan Flowers.
fine Old Trees in EngIaDd-Live Stock
Notes-Household Hints-Farm and
Dairy Notes. Etc.
1ha Iras PIantirg season.


Few will be inclined to dispute, remarks
n writer in The Garden, that the best time
for planting and trensplanting forest as
well as ornamental trees, whether decldu-
Gus or evergreen, is Just when the leaves
have fallen or are about to fall; but where
planting has to be done upon an extensive
scale, it has to be proceeded with at all
hines when the weather is open and favor
able throughout the winter. Still, the
sooner a commencement is made the bet
Eer aud one condition Is essential to the
uccess of such operations, more particu-
-srly when they are performed at some
what unfavorable seasons, viz, that the
plants should have Deen properly prepared
Tor removal in the nursery before being
"sent out" and. if this has been the case,
planting may be performed with little
risk at almost any season. Young trees
and shrubs of all kinds should be moved
or transplanted every season while In thu
nursery and this has generally the etfecs
of inducing them to root near home, as Il
is called, or near to the boles or stems, and
there to form dense masses OF hbrous roots
which necessarily retain a considerable
portion OF soil. When this is the case, the
moving and transplanting inr eality inhics
but trifiing check upon the plants.
With regard, however, to the transplant
ing of trees or shrubs which have attained
considerable dimensions, and to which
these remarks are intended more particu-
larlY to apply, the case IS somewhat differ
emit and they will probably have occupied
the positions in which they now stand I'M
disturbed for years, but from which, ow
ing to some cause, it may nevertheless be
desirable TO remove them. In cases IN
which this removal has been for some
time decided upon, and in which the trees
have been judici0usly root-pruned some
twelve months ago, their removal will be
al Iiftla rick uriII
tend the operation, which may be pro-
eeedsd with at once, even In the case OF de-
ciduous trees. The leaves of these have
now accomplished their mission, or nearly
so; the young wood is in comparatively
ripe state, and the buds have also arrived
at that condition when they will be the
least Affected by the temporary check
which is unnecessarily sustained through
the mutilation of the roots If the opera
ton, however, is performed now IL will at
ford ample time for reparation before the
sol and the atmosphere have become 80
cold as to retard the production OF fresh
roots.
In ali cases in which it is inconvenient
to attend to the removal of trees at pre-
sent, or soon after the leaves have fallen.
it Will be advisable (more particularly il
the specimens to be moved are valuable)
TO defer the performance of the operation
until late ia the spring, when it may be
accomplished with more probability OF
success than at any time during the
winter or late in the autumn, however
favorable the weather may be. There are,
however, one or two points which it is
quite necessary should receive attention
in the case of late spring planting-viz
keeping the plants as short a time as
possible out Of the soil, so that the fbers
may not, to any great extent, become
dried up. and the giving of abundant
and frequent supplies of water to the
roots, as well as mulching the surround
iBg soil to prevent undue evaporation,
and the Swinging OF the plants every eve
ming during dry weather, until there are
sufficient indications of their having be-
come established in their new situations,
when that attention may, o. course, be
discontinued, especially if the weather be
damp or cloudy. 1t has been frequently
shown that evergreen, aud even deciduous
plants may be successfully transplanted al
almost any time of the year. aud, as re
CARDS eYergreens, many planters prefer
early summer, say the beginning of May
to any other season for the performance o.
this operation. The only drawback or OBJ
lection to the selection of this period il
the very considerable amount OF labol
which il necessarily entails, in the form
of watering and other attentions, at busy
time of the year. Early autumn may in
most cases be regarded as the most suitabl,
period for the work.